neztr

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Old Norse

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Adjective

neztr (comparative neðri)

  1. bottommost, lowest
    • c. 1230, Snorri Sturluson, “Saga Magnús konungs berrfœtts [The Saga of King Magnus Barefoot]”, in Finnur Jónsson, editor, Heimskringla, Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gads forlag, published 1911 (1925):
      En er konungr var kominn at nezta díki, þar var torfœra mikil ok fástaðar yfir fœrt.
      When the king came to the lowest dike, it was still perilous, and only a few places to wade across.

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